// Copyright 2004-2007 Castle Project - http://www.castleproject.org/
// 
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// 
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// This supporting service was inspired by
// http://www.codeproject.com/cs/database/dal.asp
// by Deyan Petrov

namespace NBox.Service.Transaction
{
	using System;

	/// <summary>
	/// Represents a contract for a resource that 
	/// can be enlisted within transactions.
	/// </summary>
	public interface IResource
	{
		/// <summary>
		/// Implementors should start the
		/// transaction on the underlying resource
		/// </summary>
		void Start();

		/// <summary>
		/// Implementors should commit the
		/// transaction on the underlying resource
		/// </summary>
		void Commit();

		/// <summary>
		/// Implementors should rollback the
		/// transaction on the underlying resource
		/// </summary>
		void Rollback();
	}
}
